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   The International Conference on
   Dependable Systems and Networks
   DSN-2004 
   The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks
   Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy, June 28 - July 1, 2004
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Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS)

   Program Chair

   E.N. (Mootaz) Elnozahy <mootaz@us.ibm.com>
   IBM Austin Research Lab,
   11501 Burnet Rd., M/S 904-6C-020,
   Austin, TX 78758, USA
   Tel.: (+1) 512-823-6738
   Fax: (+1) 305-402-2432

   We invite original papers and other contributions reporting research
   and practical results covering all aspects of computer-system
   dependability, but very specially: autonomic computing, dependable HW
   and SW architecture; distributed systems architectures and protocols;
   algorithms, including cryptographic; networking; and rigorous design
   and verification. In addition to the traditional areas of emphasis, we
   encourage papers submitted in emerging fields. Topic areas include,
   but are not limited to:
     * Dependability in VLSI
     * Distributed Systems
     * E-commerce Dependability
     * Fault Tolerance
     * High-Speed Networks and Protocols
     * Industrial Applications and Automotives
     * Information Assurance and Survivability
     * Intrusion Tolerance
     * Internet Dependability, Quality of Service and Adaptability
     * Mobile Systems
     * Multimedia Systems
     * Real-Time Systems
     * Safety-Critical Systems
     * Security Policy, Protection and Access Control
     * Software and System Reliability
     * Software Testing, Validation, and Verification
     * Storage Systems
     * Supercomputing and High-end Computing Systems
     * System Dependability Modeling and Prediction
     * System Management and Self-managed Systems
     * Telecommunication Systems
     * Transaction Processing

Information for Authors

   Manuscripts   in   the  following  categories  will  be  refereed  and
   considered   for   publication   in   the   Proceedings  of  the  2004
   International   Conference   on   Dependable   Systems  and  Networks.
   Excessively  long  submissions,  unoriginal  work,  or  work  that  is
   submitted to multiple venues will be disregarded. Please submit in any
   of the following categories by November 14, 2003:
     * Regular Papers describing recent research results.
     * Practical  Experience  Reports  describing an experience or a case
       study.
     * Software  and System Demonstrations describing the software or the
       system,  its context and objective, and the planned demonstration.
       Optionally,  authors  may  additionally  send  video recordings of
       their proposed demonstration.
     * Panels,  including  the  proposed  topic(s),  a description of the
       panel   objectives,  and  the  names  and  addresses  of  probable
       panelists.

   The  title page should include the title of the paper, author name(s),
   affiliations,  mailing  address,  phone number, fax number, and e-mail
   address,  a  maximum  150-word  abstract,  five keywords (to help with
   referee   assignment),   the   submission  category  (see  above),  an
   approximate  word  count, and a declaration that the material has been
   cleared  through  author affiliations. For multi-authored submissions,
   the contact author should be indicated.
   The  format  of  submissions for review should be single-column, Times
   11-point size, double-spaced:
     * 20  pages  for  Regular  Papers  (equivalent to 10 IEEE conference
       pages),
     * 12  pages for Practical Experience Reports and Software and System
       demonstrations (equivalent to 6 IEEE conference pages),
     * 4 pages (equivalent to 2 IEEE conference pages), plus biographical
       sketch for Panels.

   The format for final, camera-ready submissions that have been accepted
   for publication should be in accordance with IEEE stan-dard conference
   paper format.
   Submit   all   materials  in  electronic  form  through  the  web  to:
   http://www.dsn.org
   Format: Portable Document Format (.pdf) files
   Please  preview  the  manuscript in a viewer such as Acrobat to ensure
   its  integrity  before  submitting  it.  Make  sure you visually check
   uncommon  fonts,  symbols,  equations,  etc.  A  defective  print  can
   undermine your chances of success.  For those who are unable to submit
   materials electronically or cannot generate .pdf files, please contact
   the program chair for special instructions.

IMPORTANT DATES

   Submission: November 14, 2003
   Notification: February   23, 2004

WILLIAM C. CARTER AWARD

   The  William  C.  Carter  Award  is  presented  annually since 1997 to
   recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to the
   field of dependable computing through his or her graduate dissertation
   research. The award honors the late William C. Carter, a key figure in
   the  formation  and  development of the field of dependable computing.
   The  award  is sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant
   Computing  (TC-FTC) and IFIP Working Group on Dependable Computing and
   Fault  Tolerance (WG 10.4). To qualify, a paper based on the student's
   dissertation  must have been submitted to the DCC Symposium within DSN
   as  a regular paper with the student as the first author. Both current
   and  former  graduate students, no more than two years past completion
   of  their  dissertations, are eligible. A dissertation advisor wishing
   to  nominate  a student should submit the nomination form which can be
   found  through the conference website at www.dsn.org. All Carter Award
   submissions  accepted  as  regular  papers  to  the  DCC Symposium are
   evaluated by the Steering Committee of the Conference.